Lesson Plan for Week 10: General Thoughts and Notes

To-morrow the rediscovery of romantic love;
The photographing of ravens; all the fun under
                   Liberty's masterful shadow;
To-morrow the hour of the pageant-master and the musician.

To-morrow for the young the poets exploding like bombs,
The walks by the lake, the winter of perfect communion;
                   To-morrow the bicycle races
Through the suburbs on summer evenings: but to-day the struggle.

— W.H. Auden, September 1937

• The deadline to nominate a TA for the Graduate Students Association Excellence in Teaching Award is 5 p.m. on March 28.
  • Lest anyone think I'm fishing for a nomination, I'll say up front that I'm not eligible because I won last year. However, it's a great honor to be nominated, and it's a great thing for a grad student to be able to put on a C.V., so if you've had a TA who's been influential on your intellectual development, your professional career, or some other aspect of your life, a nomination is a great way to thank him/her, and only takes a few minutes.
• I will not have office hours next week, but I will be on campus, so we can certainly meet if you'd like to do so. Send me an email and we'll set up a time.
• Remember that the final exam will be at 4 p.m. on Thursday 20 March.
• Remember that your final paper is due at noon on Friday, 21 March
  • This is already about a week later than most other English classes have final papers due, and is only four and a half days before grades are due to the Registrar's office, so I will not be giving out extensions or accepting late papers except in genuinely extraordinary circumstances. If you miss the deadline, you will have to contact me by email, because I will be out of town.